Death of a Salesmanの会話にあった覚えたい慣用句です。
HOWARD (getting up): You'll have to excuse me, Willy, I gotta see some people. Pull yourself together. (Going out)
I'll be back in a little while.
(On HOWARD's exit, the light on his chair grows very bright and strange.)
WILLY: Pull yourself together! What the hell did I say to him? My God, I was yelling at him! How could I!
"pull oneself together" は以前取り上げた "collect oneself" (Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/6/15 ) や "apply oneself" (Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/4/17 )を連想させる表現ですが、私は多分初めて見る表現なので辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com: to recover one's self-control; regain command of one's emotions: It was only a minor accident, but the driver couldn't seem to pull himself together.
・American Heritage Dictionary: Regain one's composure or self-control, as in After that frightening episode, it took her a while to pull herself together.
HOWARD (getting up): You'll have to excuse me, Willy, I gotta see some people. Pull yourself together. (Going out)
I'll be back in a little while.
(On HOWARD's exit, the light on his chair grows very bright and strange.)
WILLY: Pull yourself together! What the hell did I say to him? My God, I was yelling at him! How could I!
"pull oneself together" は以前取り上げた "collect oneself" (Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/6/15 ) や "apply oneself" (Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/4/17 )を連想させる表現ですが、私は多分初めて見る表現なので辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com: to recover one's self-control; regain command of one's emotions: It was only a minor accident, but the driver couldn't seem to pull himself together.
・American Heritage Dictionary: Regain one's composure or self-control, as in After that frightening episode, it took her a while to pull herself together.
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